Dwarf Black-bellied Salamander Desmognathus folkertsi Taxa: Amphibian SE-GAP Spp Code: aDBSA Order: Caudata ITIS Species Code: --- Family: Plethodontidae NatureServe Element Code: AAAAD03180

KNOWN RANGE: PREDICTED HABITAT:

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Range Map Link: http://www.basic.ncsu.edu/segap/datazip/maps/SE_Range_aDBSA.pdf Predicted Habitat Map Link: http://www.basic.ncsu.edu/segap/datazip/maps/SE_Dist_aDBSA.pdf GAP Online Tool Link: http://www.gapserve.ncsu.edu/segap/segap/index2.php?species=aDBSA Data Download: http://www.basic.ncsu.edu/segap/datazip/region/vert/aDBSA_se00.zip

PROTECTION STATUS: Reported on March 14, 2011 Federal Status: --- State Status: NC (SR) NS Global Rank: G2 NS State Rank: GA (S2), NC (S1)

aDBSA Page 1 of 3 SUMMARY OF PREDICTED HABITAT BY MANAGMENT AND GAP PROTECTION STATUS:

US FWS US Forest Service Tenn. Valley Author. US DOD/ACOE ha % ha % ha % ha % Status 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 Status 2 0.0 0 1,738.2 20 0.0 0 0.0 0 Status 3 0.0 0 3,062.1 35 0.0 0 0.0 0 Status 4 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 Total 0.0 0 4,800.2 55 0.0 0 0.0 0

US Dept. of Energy US Nat. Park Service NOAA Other Federal Lands ha % ha % ha % ha % Status 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 Status 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 Status 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 Status 4 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 Total 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0

Native Am. Reserv. State Park/Hist. Park State WMA/Gameland State Forest ha % ha % ha % ha % Status 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 Status 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 Status 3 0.0 0 8.6 < 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 Status 4 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 Total 0.0 0 8.6 < 1 0.0 0 0.0 0

State Coastal Reserve ST Nat.Area/Preserve Other State Lands Private Cons. Easemt. ha % ha % ha % ha % Status 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 Status 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 Status 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 Status 4 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 Total 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0

Private Land - No Res. Water Overall Total ha % ha % ha % Status 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 Status 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 1,738.2 20 Status 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 3,070.6 70 Status 4 864.1 10 0.0 0 864.1 10 Total 864.1 10 0.0 0 5,672.9 100

GAP Status 1: An area having permanent protection from conversion of natural land cover and a mandated management plan in operation to maintain a natural state within which disturbance events (of natural type, frequency, and intensity) are allowed to proceed without interference or are mimicked through management.

GAP Status 2: An area having permanent protection from conversion of natural land cover and a mandated management plan in operation to maintain a primarily natural state, but which may receive use or management practices that degrade the quality of existing natural communities.

GAP Status 3: An area having permanent protection from conversion of natural land cover for the majority of the area, but subject to extractive uses of either a broad, low-intensity type or localized intense type. It also confers protection to federally listed endangered and threatened species throughout the area.

GAP Status 4: Lack of irrevocable easement or mandate to prevent conversion of natural habitat types to anthropogenic habitat types. Allows for intensive use throughout the tract. Also includes those tracts for which the existence of such restrictions or sufficient information to establish a higher status is unknown.

aDBSA Page 2 of 3 PREDICTED HABITAT MODEL(S):

Year-round Model: Habitat Description: The Dwarf Black-bellied salamander is found in or along the banks of rocky, clear, cool, swift moving streams near waterfalls and seeps. Refuges are in rock crevices or burrows. Occurs with the Black-bellied salamander, but is smaller and restricted to just a few drainages (Camp). S. Smith 18Feb05

Hydrography Mask: Freshwater Only Fast Current Only Utilizes flowing water features with buffers of 30m from and 30m into selected water features.

Selected Map Units: Functional Group Map Unit Name Forest/Woodland Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Forest/Woodland Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Forest/Woodland Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Forest/Woodland Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Forest/Woodland Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Forest/Woodland Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Water Open Water (Fresh)

CITATIONS: Camp, C.D., S.G. Tilley, R.M Austin, and J.L. Marshall. 2002. A new species of black-bellied salamander (genus Desmognathus) from the Appalacian mountains of northern Georgia. Herpetologica. 58:471-484.

For more information:: SE-GAP Analysis Project / BaSIC Compiled: 15 September 2011 127 David Clark Labs This data was compiled and/or developed Dept. of Biology, NCSU by the Southeast GAP Analysis Project at Raleigh, NC 27695-7617 The Biodiversity and Spatial Information (919) 513-2853 Center, North Carolina State University. www.basic.ncsu.edu/segap

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